Folding coop



Patented May 30,1899.

" No. 626,|o9.

J. N.` SUPRUNOWSKI.

FOLDING COUP. (Alpxicaein md Feb. 15, 1399.,

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FOLDING COUP.

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UNITED lSTATES PATENT OFFICE.A

JOSEPH N'. SUPRUNOWSKI, OF MODE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO DORASE. ELLIOTT, OF SHELBYVILLE, ILLINOIS. i

FOLDING OOOP.

srncIrIcArIoN'forming part of Letters 'Patent No'. 626,109, dated May3o, 1899.

.application filed February I5, 1899. Serial No. 705,590. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. SUPRUNOW- sKI, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mode, in the county of Shelby and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Ooops; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of poultry coops or crates whichare designed to be folded for the purpose of storing and shipment, so asto occupy the smallest amount of room possible. Y

The purpose of the invention is to'prevent the loss or displacement ofthe parts of the coop and to insure the stability of the structure whenunfolded and in condition for service; also, to simplify the generalconstruction, whereby the folding and the setting up of the coop can bereadily effected.

Other advantages are contemplated and will appear in the course of thefollowing description,reference being had to the drawings heretoattached, in Which- Figure l is a perspective View of the coop unfolded.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionA showing the partition folded upon thebottom. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the partition andsides folded and the body partly collapsed. Fig. 4 is a plan section.Fig. 5 is a transverse section. Fig. 6 shows the coop folded.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescriptionand indicated in the several views of -the drawings by the samereference characters.

The coop is collapsibleand its parts are hinged or pivoted together, soas to prevent loss or displacement. The top 1, ends 2, and bottom 3 arehinged, so as to fold upon one another in parallel relation, asindicated in Figs. 3 and of the drawings. The sides 4 are hinged attheir lower edges to the side portions of the bottom 3 and are set in ashort distance from the longitudinal edges of the bottom, so as to abutat their ends against the inner edges of cleats 5, applied to theextremities of the ends 2, whereby said sides are prevented from'outward displacement.

The sides lit snugly between the ends 2 and abut at their extremitiesagainst the inner faces thereof, so as to prevent collapsing of the coopwhen unfolded or set up for use. The nersides 4 are adapted to foldinward and upon the bottom 3 and are provided upon their inner sides atan intermediate point with cleats 6. The partition 7 hinged at its loweredge transversely of the bottom 3, is adapted when unfolded to rest`against the cleats 6 and brace the sides 4 and prevent inward movementthereof. This partition is formed in its top edge with a notch 8,forming a seat for the reception of the movable slat 9 of the top l.

The slat 9 is pivotally connected at one end to an end cleat of-the topl and is movable, so as to admit of ready access to the interior of thecoop. Notches l0 are provided at opposite points in the edges of theslat 9 and receive the portions of the partition bordering upon thenotch 8, thereby preventing the folding of said partition when the slatis in position, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 1. When it is requiredto collapse or reduce the coop to a knockdown condition, the slat 9 ismoved so as to disengage it from the partition 7, after Which the latteris folded upon the bottom 3. The sides 4 being liberated are vfoldedinward upon the bottom and partition, thereby permitting the structureto fold as indicated in Fig. 3. The coop is held in a folded position bymeans of a chain 11, secured to the bottom 3 near one end and adapted tobe engaged at its other end with the slat 9. When itis required to setthe coop up, the slat 9 is released and the body portion unfolded, afterwhich the partition and the sides are unfolded in the manner Mset forth,thereby bracing the structure and maintaining it in condition forservice.'

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Afolding coop or like structure having parallel end pieces hinged attheir lower edges to the terminals of the bottom, a top parallel withthe bottom and hinged at its extremities to the top edges of the endpieces, cleats applied to the extremities of the end pieces andprojecting inward therefrom, inwardly-folding parallel side pieceshinged at their lower edges to the bottom and having their ends IOOabutting against the inner sides of the end pieces and against the inneredges of the said terminal cleats, and a partition for preventing inwarddisplacement of the side pieces when the coop is set u p, substantiallyas described.

2. A folding coop or like structure having parallel end pieces hinged attheir lower edges to the terminals of the bottom, a top parallel withthe bottom and hinged at its extremities to the top edges of the endpieces, cleats applied to the extremities of the end pieces andprojecting inward therefrom, inwardly-foldl ing parallel side pieceshinged at their lower edges to the bottom and having their ends abuttingagainst the inner sides ofthe end pieces and against the inner edges ofthe terl Josnrn sUrnUNowsiu. [n 8.]

Vitnesses: R. I. FRITTER, DEXTER RoLEY.

